Judith Owen Releases “RedisCOVERed” with Leland Sklar

Judith Owen has released RedisCOVERed, and album of reimagined pop and rock songs. While the singer-songwriter has included cover songs in her work before, this is the first time she has dedicated an entire album to it. Songs on RedisCOVERed run the gamut of musical styles with versions of Drake’s “Hotline Bling”, Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water”, Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun”, and more.

“I’ve always had one or two covers on every record that I’ve done,” Owen told Glide Magazine, “just because I’m inspired by the music that I hear, as well as an exercise in writing for me because, of course, it’s a complete reimagining of the songs and a way of making them autobiographical. The point for me is not to do a lazy cover, cause the original is the best, the original is the greatest, but that’s not it. It’s to find ME and my life and my truth in those songs.”

Owen is once again joined by the rhythm section of percussionist Pedro Segundo and the legendary Leland Sklar. The bassist, who has worked with everyone from James Taylor to Billy Cobham, locks in musically with the singer and percussionist by dishing out a huge, creamy tone. Hear the group tackle Joni Mitchell’s “Ladies’ Man”: